outtalk

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verb

To overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking.

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Meanings

verbouttalk (third-person singular simple present outtalks, present participle outtalking, simple past and past participle outtalked)

present singular third person outtalks · participle present outtalking · participle past outtalked · past outtalked · alternative out-talk

  1. transitiveTo overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking.

    McAuliffe was no less gregarious toward his rivals, who were also making the rounds — Moran, a former state delegate, and State Senator R. Creigh Deeds — even as he outtalked, out-handshook, outspent, outhustled, outshouted and just plain outcampaigned them across Richmond.

    2009 May 10, Adam Nagourney, “Governor Clintonism?”, in New York Times
  2. transitiveTo outwit by talking.

Origin

From out- + talk.

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APA

outtalk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outtalk

MLA

“outtalk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outtalk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outtalk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outtalk.

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